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The Fort Mill Times. Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1913. $1.25 Per Year. SUPKtMt COURT UPHOLDS LEGISLATIVE REFUNDING ACT The State supreme court Monday morning upheld the constitutionality of the act passed by the Legislature of 1912 providing for the refunding of $5,GOT),000 bonded debt of the State, said a special to the Charlotte Observer. The decision is a sweeping victory for Comptroller General Jones and former Attorney General Lyon. All the points on which Governor Blease has attacked the old Sinking Fund Commission, which has charge of the refunding of the debt, was overruled by the court. He joined in the request to have the act set aside on the ground that it is illegal and unconstitutional. *4It lc fV-?of the commission be at liberty to carry out the provisions of the act of 1912 in accord with the views and principles herein announced," is the verdict of the court, which was written by Associate Justice Hydrick and concurred in by Chief Justice Gary and Associate Justice Fraser. The suit to test the validity of the refunding act was brought in the name of W. W. Ray, a taxpayer, against Governor Blease, former Attorney General Lyon. Comptroller General Jones and former Treasurer Jennings. Governor Blease in his return joined in the prayer to declare the act unconstitutional and raised most of the questions advanced by the petitioner. The act when passed was vetoed by the governor, but the General Assembly overrode the veto and he then took to the courts in his fight against it, losing out, however, in every place. Tariff Bill Passes Senate. After four months' debate the Democratic tarilT revision bill passed the senate at 5:43 o'clock Tuesday afternoon amid a burst of applause that swept down from crowded galleries and found its echo on the crowded floor of the senate. I Our Busin BANS are directed toward that al practice to ask you for yo through the medium of this mean that we are not anxic are ?and if you will allow us our constant aim, as well a merit your confidence and pa Savings Bank Leroy Springs, Prest. ^ ??? ? Quantity an On all Food Products. x If you don't see what y we have it in extra aua 'Phone us yo O ==== JONES, Phones 14 and 8. JOE SPARKS SEES DEFEAT FOR BLEASE AND M'LAURIN Writing from Columbia, Joe Sparks, an old newspaper correspondent, says the politicians in South Carolina are angling for positions. He says there "has never been so much wire-pulling and political trading so long before a campaign in the history of the State. This is an off year in politics in this State, yet the voice of the politician is heard from one end to the other. There is not a picnic that there are not present several to talk to the Mpnr nnnnln ' " Sparks says "if .John L. McLaurin imagines the people of South Carolina have forgotten his record, he is badly mistaken ? yet he seems to he of that opinion. John L. McLaurin will certainly he in the race for the governorship. Just now he is courting for the favor of the governor and all the pressure possible is being brought to bear. The record of John L. McLaurin in the United States senate is too well known to need rehearsing. It is said that Mr. McLaurin has secured the services of Col. Leon M. Green. "The next governor of South Carolina stands a good chance of going to the senate to take the place of Senator B. R. Tillman. However, Senator Tillman is by no means down and out. John L. McLaurin figures that if he is elected to the governorship it will be a fine opening wedge for him to get back to the United States senate. His ambition is a Blease and McLaurin combination in the senate." But this is a dream that will never be realized. Neither Blease nor McLaurin will ever get to the senate. Revival Service*. Snpt'inl ...III ivt itui pel v iv-ca will begin at the Fort Mill Methodist church on Sunday, September 28. Mr. Glennan has secured the services of Rev. T. C. 0'Dell, presiding elder of the Rock Hill district, to do the preaching. ess is ij CING ! And OUR EFFORTS P one. We do not make it a II ur banking business except I paper, but that does not g >us for your business. We 9 the opportunity it shall be ? s pleasure, to endeavor to 1; tronage. 2 = jl of Fort Mill, iV. B. Meacham, Cashr. | mEETZmSSEEZTEEESSIZm d _ _ Quality Our line is complete. ou want, ask for it; lity. ur orders. E GROCER. Matters of L New Series to Open. The Perpetual Building and Loan Association of Fort Mill announces in The Times this week the maturing of series No. 1 and the opening of books of subscription to shares in series No. 4. Already quite a large number of shares have been subscribed for. and the new series promises to be even more successful than the series which is now closing. Yorkville's New Paper. The News, Yorkvill^s new newspaper, will make its appearance on October -16 and will appear twice a week thereafter, according to a letter to a Fort Mill man a few days ago from Mr. Fair, the publisher. The equipment for The News has been installed, with the exception of the lynotype and cylinder press and these machines are daily expected to reach Yorkville. Fall Stocks Arriving. Now that the summer is about J over the merchants of Fort Mill ! are preparing for the winter shopper. Cotton is selling at a good price, and the outlook at present predicates a big fall business. Watch the advertisements in The Times from week to week and thereby effect a saving of dollars as well as the trouble of having to hunt the town for the articles you wish to purchase. And, by all means, mention to your merchant that I you saw his goods advertised in I The Times. A Pleasant Family Gathering. ?i T ** lv-'uiii.i luutcu. i mr. L/narue i Walker of Fort Mill celebrated i his 50th birthday Sunday, September 7. He had 21 relatives and friends present and all enjoyed themselves thoroughly. At 12 o'clock dinner was spread and the table, beautifully decorated with llowers, was tilled with all the good things to eat that one could wish for. All left for home about 5 o'clock, leaving Mr. and Mrs Walker alone and wishing for them all the richest blessings of life. Wil move to Rock Hill. Mr. J. M. Gamble, a well known farmer of the township, will, with his family, move to ltock Hill about the first of October. Mr. Gamble was elected a member of the police force of Rock Hill at a meeting of the council of that city a few days ago and will assume the duties of the position on October 1. He is not without experience as an officer, having served the town of Fort Mill as chief of police some years ago, and during iiis term as such proved himself a fearless and proficient, man for the place. He will make Rock Hill an excellent officer. N w Physician Coming. Fort Mill is to have a new physician in the person of Dr. A. T. Neely of Old Point, this county. Dr. Neely has paid several visits to Fort Mill recently looking over the field, and while here Monday announced that he had decided to locate here and would return within a short time to begin prarticing. Dr. Neely is a son of Adolph Neely, of Old Point, one of the best known residents of the county. He is a graduate of the Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, and since his graduation from that institution has practiced in the hospitals and city of Charleston. Thirty Dav? for Retailing, IT r'nio*1 u nnrUoo J ? I a a (i/ilWl i J tUIUI CU, JUT whom the officers of the town have kept watch since last May, was apprehended Thursday by Officer Coltharp. Hughes was wanted for illegally retailing the fiery fluid and had been dodging since his guilt was suspected last spring. When taken before Mayor McElhaney Thursday the negro entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or do service for thirty days on the county works. Frazier did not have the hundred handy, so he took the days. 1 i .ocal Interest. Rock Hill Lad Shot. Thursday morning about 10:30 o'clock Palmer Wilson, about fourteen years of age, shot Jesse Green, about eleven years of age, with a shotgun, shooting out one eye entirely and the other so badly that possibly he! , will lose his sight in case his wounds do not prove fatal. R< signs Superintendency of Mill. Mr. W. H. Still, who for the last year has held the position of superintendent of the Millfort J mill of this city, resigned the position on Saturday, and is sue-1 ceeded by Mr. Bratton Fennell, j an experienced mill man of! Columbia. Mr. Still will move his family to Rockingham, N. C., where he has accepted a position similar to the one held here. By Boat to Charleston. Murray Mack, Alex Young, Herbert Harris and Fred Nims, Fort Mill young men, embarked on the placid waters of the Catawba early Tuesday morning for a river trip to Charleston. The start was made from the club house, west of town, and the young men anticipated little difficulty in making the trip after passing the big power dams at Great Falls and Rocky Creek, in Chester county. "Winston Wins Pennant. The tirst season of the North Carolina league closed Wednesday, Winston-Sal^m winning the pennant by a margin of four points. The other clubs closed in the following order: Durham, Raleigh, Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro. The pennant was undecided until when WinstonSalem was scheduled to play Greensboro and Durham a doubleheader. The 1-cent Parcel Stamp. The 1-cent parcel post stamp has been discontinued. It was so like its brother?the 2-cent letter stamp?that many dishonest persons succeeded in hoodwinking Uncle Sam in having it carry first-class letter ' mail. Postmaster General Burleson has sent out a warninir to postmasters to watch for the masquerading stamps, and any! person caught using them with \ deliberate intent to cheat the Government will be severely ' punished. i Wil. Become Journalist. | Fort Mill people generally will be interested in the announcement that J. K. Breedin has resigned the position of dean of Anderson college and will engage l in the newspaper business at Manning. Mr. Breedin's wife was Miss Sophie liuggins, daughter of Rev. J. D. Huggins, formerly pastor of the Fort Mill Baptist church, and is well remembered in this city. Mr. Breedin's new paper will be issued weekly and will make its I appearance within a few weeks. Parsonage Wor.i Begins. Work on the new Methodist parsonage, plans for which have been under way since the old parsonage and contents were destroyed by fire about a year ago, was begun on Monday morning, The building is to be a two-story brick structure of seven rooms and is to occupy a site facing on Church street. J. M. White, a well known 1 builder of the town, is superJ vising the construction of the I house. The Methdist people are deeply thankiul to Mr. S. S. I McNinch, whe has donated sufficient brick from his big plant at Grattan to build the parsonage. No Cotton in Street. There will be no more cotton dumped in the street in the rear of tne cotton platform, according to an ed'ct of the cuy council at a meeting held a lew nights ago for the purpose of consider ing the question. Heretofore i it has been the custom of local i cotton buyers to place cotton in j the street when the platform j became crowded, and complaints : had been made to council by a J number of citizens of the block- i ing of the street by this practice i of the buyers. j Miss Lulu Conly Haiie is vi&it- 1 ing relatives in Kershaw. j! COTTON GINNED TO SEPT. 1 |l BREAKS FORMER RECORDS The greatest quantity of cotton ev'er ginned in the period t prior to September 1 was re- < ported by the census bureau j Monday when it was announced . that 794,006 bales of the growth i' of 1913 had been put out from !1 the ginneries throughout the Is South since the beginning of |< the ginning season. i The heavy ginnings for this;; period of the season are the re-1; suit of an early maturing of the | ( crop and of an effort of the! farmers to beat the boll weevil, in the opinion of census bureau , officials. All States reported an in- i1 prPU 1 * * ~>,11111111^ lor tntj periou |' over last year's totals for that 1 time with the exception of 1 Texas and North Carolina. Last! t year to September 1 there had i i been ginned 5.4 per cent of the ( entire crop; in 1911 the quantity | was 5 per cent. Cotton from the growth of | 1913 ginned prior to September 1 , amounted to 794,006 bales, count- , ing round as half-bales, the r census bureau announced Mon- | day in its first ginning report of , the season. , This compared with 730,935 ' last year to September 1, 771,- ] 297 bales in 1911 and 353,011 ; bales in 1910. | Round bales included in this ; report numbered 7,584, compared with 7,434 for last year. j A Surprise Marriage. , Fort Mill friends of Miss Sallie I McElhaney and Mr. Paul Hall I will read with interest the news 1 of their marriage on September 8th at seven o'clock by Rev. 1 E. K. McLarty, Charlotte. Miss * McElhaney was just returning < from a visit to her brother in Greenville, and being met in i Charlotte by Mr. Hall, they de- * cided to surprise their friends by j i getting married. Miss Carrie I < Merritt, Mr. Willis Howie an.lil Mr. Paget were witnesses of the ' happy occasion. Tiie groom is a promising * young man of lower Fort Mill, ) and the bride is well known in ' and around Fort Mill, having s made her home here for some 1 time. passas^aBSfsss t j Silks, Silks 1 ?$? Aa'.t to see our bi^ a |jp Serge and Persian Silks ju t latest patterns and Stripe Beautifully Striped Messa and garnets?a handsome puu I Our Serge Silks are the \ and the price is only $1.00. and they come in the very lat PERSIAN SILKS-Our a complete and we can show y< pretty patterns as you can fim to see this assortment. We \ you to make a selection. We still have a few childr are selling CHEAP. And we have just opened derland Suitings?a 15c valu< 1 O 1 O 1L^ !-?. Cl'IILS. You'll want some of our Is yard?regular 8 l-3c quality. CIIAMBRAYS?in tana, b cents the yard. E. W. Kim L'The Place Where gs&m&SK&ss m OTHROP'S NEXT TERM BEGINS WEDNESDAY, 17th. The 1913-14 term of Winthrop ollege will begin Wednesday, September 17, with exercises at LO o'clock a. m. in the college luditorium. From the outlook tow it appears the coming session will prove the most suc essful in the history of the nstitution. The students who ire to stand examinations for my purpose are to report at the :ollege on September 12. During the summer many changes and improvements have teen made at the college. The lew auditorium and addition to die infirmary have been completed. and n11flit? ?* ?*? ?;M . uuulvVUUIil Will low seat 1,600 people. A moJon picture machine has been nstalled in the auditorium to be jsed during the coming session for educational purposes. The new infirmary, the pracice home, the domestic science rooms and ail departments retiring it have been screened, l'he old dormitory building at the training school has been remodeled and furnished for 50 students. It has been supplied with waterworks and electric lights and will be very comfortible. All of the old dormitories have been thoroughly overhaul d ind made sanitary in every way ? the plastering repaired, painting done where necessary, the >ld furniture revarnished and repaired and all plumbing overhauled. All gutters and roofs liave been repaired and painted where necessary. , The $11,000 organ purchased for the college is now being installed and will be ready for use >n the first day of the session. In the main building a rest room for teachers boarding outside the college has been arranged for and a new room for lay students to sit and study in iias been provided. It is larire. well lighted and well ventilated. The grounds ol' the training school have been beautifully traded and a fine iron fence has Deen placed around the training school grounds, and an iron fence has been built on the north <ide of the campus. , ir| ssortment of Messaline, gg st received, in the very ^ effects. ?? line in blues, browns, grays nst lity at 00c and $1 00. o >rettiest we have ever seen, *8? These are splendid values jgx est shades and patterns. ssortmentof Persian Silk is vfa :>u as good values and as d in the larger cities. Ask vill take pleasure in helping ?? en's School Dresses that we up a beautiful lot of Won- js i that we are offering at 15 lew Gingham at only 6c the gg >lues and tfrays at only 10 ibrell Co., Ij Quality Counts.*' ?| mmmiHa